Alfa Laval
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Alfa Laval AB is a Swedish company, founded in 1883 by Gustaf de Laval and Oscar Lamm. The company started by providing centrifuges to dairies to be used to separate cream from milk. It now deals in the production of specialised products for heavy industry. The products are used to heat, cool, separate and transport such products as oil, water, chemicals, beverages, foodstuffs, starch and pharmaceuticals.
Company type | Publicly traded Aktiebolag |
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Nasdaq Stockholm: ALFA | |
ISIN | SE0000695876[1] |
Industry | Manufacturing, engineering and service |
Founded | 1883; 141 years ago (1883)[2] |
Founders | Gustaf de Laval and Oscar Lamm |
Headquarters | Rudeboksvägen 1, Lund, Sweden |
Key people | Tom Erixon (President and CEO), Anders Narvinger (Chairman) |
Revenue | 40.911 billion kr (2021)[3] |
6.142 billion kr (2021)[3] | |
4.801 billion kr (2021)[3] | |
Total assets | 64.361 billion kr (2021)[3] |
Total equity | 32.344 billion kr (2021)[3] |
Number of employees | 17,883 (2021)[3] |
Website | www.alfalaval.com |
Alfa Laval is headquartered in Lund, Sweden and has subsidiary companies in over 100 countries around the world, including South Africa, Denmark, Italy, India, Japan, China, Netherlands, and the United States. As of the end of 2021, Alfa Laval had a global workforce of 18,574 employees and revenue of $4.77 billion.[4][5]